Joseph Thomas

Joseph Thomas serves as Managing Partner & Co-Chief Operating Officer at Client Associates, where he oversees Operations, Compliance and Technology. In this role, Joseph is driving enterprise-wide operational excellence and ensuring seamless alignment between strategy and execution to power the firm’s long-term growth.

With over two decades of leadership experience across globally recognized organizations such as Franklin Templeton, Bank of America, Dell, Infosys, and Bharti India, Joseph has built a reputation as a collaborative leader and a strong people’s person. His expertise spans strategic workforce planning, talent transformation, organizational design, and HR integration during mergers and acquisitions.

A postgraduate in Human Resources from Pune University, Joseph combines a deep understanding of operational excellence with a people-first approach, fostering connectivity across business units in both day-to-day operations and during transformation phases.

At Client Associates, his mandate is clear: scale sustainably, strengthen leadership depth, and embed operational rigor as the backbone of innovation and client impact.